Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 37.70K people in New Mexico with European ancestry (1.79% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Los Alamos CDP had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (6.29%), followed by Farmington city (4.75%), and Portales city (2.93%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having European ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New Mexico.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
Los Alamos CDP
Farmington city
Portales city
Rio Rancho city
Alamogordo city
Albuquerque city
Clovis city
Santa Fe city
Hobbs city
Artesia city
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Los Alamos CDP 6.29
2 Farmington city 4.75
3 Portales city 2.93
4 Rio Rancho city 2.82
5 Alamogordo city 2.55
6 Albuquerque city 1.96
7 Clovis city 1.70
8 Santa Fe city 1.67
9 Hobbs city 1.46
10 Artesia city 1.31
11 Las Cruces city 1.10
11 South Valley CDP 1.10
12 Roswell city 1.04
13 North Valley CDP 0.98
14 Carlsbad city 0.78
15 Gallup city 0.44
16 Española city 0.42
17 Los Lunas village 0.36
18 Deming city 0.32
19 Las Vegas city 0.26
20 Lovington city 0.12
20 Sunland Park city 0.12